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The days of the Soccer Slaves
Longstanding reader and contributor to the Brownhills Blog David Oakley writes to me to raise this interesting question – it seems there was a third local footballer of note hereabouts, as well as the Great Dickie Dorsett and Cecil Poynton.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged Birmingham City, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Cecil Poynton, Clayhanger, David Oakley, Dickie Dorsett, famous, football, Lichfield, Local History, New Photos, Rushden, Shelfield, soccer, Soccer Slaves, Staffordshire, Ted Duckhouse
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From Brownhills to Tottenham
Back in May, 2013, Peter ‘Pedro’ Cutler turned up the intriguing story of Cecil Poynton, a footballer of some note from Brownhills, and at the time, we could find little about the chap, and it seemed that in the annals of local sporting history, Cecil was somewhat overshadowed by the seemingly more well-know Dickie Dorsett, whose career has been covered here previously.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Cecil Poynton, Clayhanger, Dickie Dorsett, famous, football, Hotspur, Lichfield, Local History, New Photos, Pedro, Peter Cutler, soccer, Spurs, Staffordshire, Terry Harrison, Tottenham
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